Tra una calza appesa e un ultimo biscotto, arriva lei 🧹✨
La Befana, con la sua storia antica, le sue curiosità divertenti e quel pizzico di magia che chiude le feste nel modo più dolce.
Scopri perché arriva il 6 gennaio e perché non smette mai di farci sorridere ☕💙
#LaBefana #Epifania #TradizioniItaliane #PerfettamenteChic #ColazioneConStoria #6Gennaio #FolkloreItaliano
Pagan Community Notes for Jan 2, 2025:
It’s time for a nap as we celebrate the Sleep Festival. The Guardian published a story on the Reformed Druids of America and the history of Druidry in the USA. Witchcraft TV gets investment to continue. Italy’s Christmas Witch is almost here—we hear she and those crafty, astrologically-talented Magi love the Pagans! Happy Befana!
https://wildhunt.org/2025/01/pagan-community-notes-week-of-january-2-2025.html
#pagan #witchcraft #Festivalofsleep #Epiphany #labefana #sleep #witchcrafttv #druids
In this week’s Pagan Community Notes: It’s time for a nap as we celebrate the Sleep Festival. No one knows its origins, but taking naps always sounds like a good idea. The Guardian published a story on the Reformed Druids of America and the history of Druidry in the USA. Witchcraft TV gets investment to continue. Italy’s Christmas Witch is almost here—we hear she and those crafty, astrologically-talented Magi love the Pagans! Happy Befana!
La Befana, a witch from Italian folklore who leaves presents for children on Epiphany Eve, is the Italy Pavilion's Holiday Storyteller during EPCOT's Festival of the Holidays. She recounts how an encounter with the Three Wise Men led to her becoming a gift giver. #EpcotHolidays
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Capturing the magic of La Befana in Venice on the Grand Canal, Italy's beloved gift-bringer of the Epiphany. A tradition that fills the hearts of children with joy and the streets with the spirit of folklore.
La Befana is a cherished Italian folklore tradition celebrated on January 6th, coinciding with the Epiphany. According to the tale,
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If you're Italian the holidays aren't quite over yet.
4 days until #LaBefana
The Untold Truth Of #Christmas #Witches
"The roots of quite a few Christmas traditions are linked to older pagan practices that had been around for centuries by the time Christian monks rolled into town. The figures of Christmas witches like Iceland's #Grýla or Italy's #LaBefana are, in the minds of numerous scholars, linked to the same history, especially considering the female spirits and deities that appear in the old beliefs."
Read More: https://www.grunge.com/282226/the-untold-truth-of-christmas-witches/
There are a whole bevy of holiday-themed ghouls, including an eye-catching subset of Christmas witches. These female figures run the gamut, from friendly grandmas to ogresses to wild, pre-Christian goddesses, many with roots in pagan practices. Here are the tales of several Christmas witches.
Beautiful Legend Of #LaBefana – #Witch Who Delivers Gifts To Children In Italy On #Epiphany – Twelve Days After Christmas
December 2017
"In Italy, children eagerly count the days to the coming of La Befana on Epiphany, the Twelfth Night of Christmas. La Befana is a good broomstick-riding witch who delivers gifts to children.
"La Befana has been an Italian Christmas tradition since the eighth century and is celebrated every year on January 6."
In most countries children await the arrival of St. Nicolaus or Santa Claus who will bring them gifts. In Italy children eagerly count the days to the coming of La Befana on Epiphany, the Twelfth Night of Christmas. La Befana is a good broomstick riding witch who delivers gifts to children.
Happy #LaBefana to all who celebrate!
For those who don't know, in Italian folklore La Befana is an old witch who housed the three wise men on their way to baby Jesus. They invited her to join but she was too busy with work. Now, like Santa, she brings gifts to good kids and coal/sticks to bad ones - except she does it on Eiphany Eve. 🧙🏻 🇮🇹 #happyholidays
“According to legend, Befana is an old witch who flies through the night of Jan. 5th on her broom delivering presents to children. And as they lie asleep in their beds, she comes down the chimney and puts gifts and candies in stockings hung by the fireplace. So just as we leave cookies for Santa, in Italy putting out special cakes and cookies out for La Befana is a centuries-old tradition.”
#recipe #labefana
https://gathervictoria.com/2018/12/18/la-befana-cake-honouring-the-old-witch-of-winter/
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